Safety baby crib top



June 29, 1954 w P. MCCONNELL 2,682,061

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WLLlAM P. MCONNELL QTTOQN EYB Patented June 29, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENTv OFFICE SAFETY BABY CRIB Tor William P. McConnell, Troy, N. Y. Application May 9, 1952, serial No. estese This invention relates to baby beds, and more particularly to a safety top for use on baby beds.

A main object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved removable top for a baby crib, said top being simple in construction, being easy to install, and providing a safety means for preventing a baby or infant occupying the crib from climbing over the sides of the crib, thus preventing injury to the baby or infant.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved safety top for use on baby beds, said safety top being inexpensive to manufacture, being sturdy in construction, being neat in appearance, and being easy to manipulate.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description and claims, and from the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a baby crib provided with an improved safety top constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan View of the baby crib of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary transverse vertical cross sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a cross sectional detail view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a cross sectional detail view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the cage member employed as the top cover of the crib in Figures l to 5.

Referring to the drawings, I I designates a baby crib of conventional construction, said crib having the vertical end boards I2 and I3 and the longitudinal side gates I4 and I 5. The side gates I4 and I5 are slidable upwardly and downwardly in the well known manner and may be locked in elevated positions by suitable locking means of conventional construction forming no part of the present invention and being well known in the art.

1n accordance with the present invention, respective channel-shaped track members I6 and I'I are secured in horizontal, inwardly facing positions on the top portions of the respective end boards I2 and I3, said channel-shaped track members I6 and II being substantially shorter than the end boards and being secured to the intermediate portions of said boards, as shown in Figures 2 and 3. As shown in Figure 5, the channel-shaped track members are each provided at one end with a transverse closure wall I8 and are open at their other ends.

Designated generally at I9 is a cage member 2 Claims. (Cl. 5 9?) which mayv be integrally formed of suitable molded material, such as plastic or the like, said cage member comprising the flat longitudinal main plate 2l) formed at its ends with the depending plate elements 2l and 22 which are integrally connected by the peripheral marginal strip 23. Integral with the longitudinal plate member 2!) and the side elements of the marginal strip 23 are the respective ribs 24 which are arranged in a manner shown in Figure 6 to define a downwardly concave cage, in combination with the plate elements 2t, 22 and 2 l and the marginal strip 23. At the junction of the plate elements 2| and 22 with the transverse elements or" the marginal strip 23, are provided the relatively Wide rigid tabmembers 25 and 26, said tab members being slightly shorter than but almost coextensive in length with the respective guide rails I6 and I7. As shown in Figures 2, 3, 4 and 5, the guide rails It and Il slidably receive the tab members 25 and 2E and support the top cage member I9 for transverse sliding movement over the top portion of the crib ii. With the tab members 25 and 293 completely housed in the respective guides It and I1, the side marginal portions of the marginal strip 23 register with and overlie the top edges of the side gates il and I5 of the baby crib. Secured to the intermediate portion of the longitudinal marginal portion of the strip 23 overlying the top element 2l of side gate I4 is a flexible strap member 28 which may be lockingly engaged with top gate member 2l, as by providing interlocking snap fastener members on the strap member 2B and on the bottom surface of gate element 2l', as shown at 29. The safety top cover i9 may therefore be locked in overlying and closing relationship with respect to the crib II by fastening the strap 2i) to the top gate element 2l by means of the cooperating snap fastener elements 29.

As will be apparent from Figure 5, the transverse end walls i8 of the guide tracks l5 and Il limit rearward movement of the safety tcp cover I9 to a position wherein said top cover overlies the baby crib. The top cover may be removed from the crib by unfastening the strap member 28 and sliding the top cover forwardly out of engagement with the guide tracks It and Il. The safety top cover may be readily replaced by the reverse procedure.

As shown in Figures 2 and 6, the end fianges 25 and 26 are of a length suiiiciently great to insure adequate clearance for the transverse end portions of the top cover I9 with respect to the transverse vertical end boards I2 and I3 so that the top cover I9 may slide freely between said boards l2 and I3.

While a specic embodiment of an improved protective top cover for a baby bed has been disclosed in the foregoing description, it will be understood that various modifications within the spirit of the invention may occur to those skilled in the art. Therefore, it is intended that no limitations be placed on the invention except as deined by the scope o1" the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

l. In a bed, a bed frame including end boards having horizontal upper edges, side gates extending longitudinally between said end boards and having horizontal upper edges, the upper edges of the sid-e gates being on a level below the upper edges of the end boards, a cage having depending end walls and side walls terminating in lower edges, said cage being superimposed upon said bed frame, the side walls of the cage being spaced :from each other at a distance placing the lower edges of the cage side walls over the upper edges of said side gates and the cage end walls being spaced from each other at a distance placing the lower edges of the cage end walls between the bed frame end boards and at the inward faces of the end boards, facing horizontal channels fixed on the inward faces of said end boards on a level above the upper edges of the side gates, and lateral ianges on the cage end walls in the regions of the lower edges of the cage end walls, said flanges being slidably and supportably engaged in said channels. v

2. In a bed, a bed frame including end boards having horizontal upper edges, side gates extending longitudinally between said end boards and having horizontal upper edges, the upper edges of the side gates being on a level below the upper edges of the end boards, a cage having depending end walls and side walls terminating in lower edges, said cage being superimposed upon said bed frame, the side walls 0f the cage being spaced from each other at a distance placing the lower edges of the cage side walls over the upper edges of said side gates and the cage end walls being spaced from each other at a distance placing the lower edges of the cage end walls between the bed frame end boards and at the inward faces of the end boards, facing horizontal channels xed on the inward faces of said end boards on a level above the upper edges of the side gates, and lateral flanges on the cage end walls in the regions of the lower edges of the cage end walls, said flanges being slidably and supportably engaged in said channels, stop means at one end of said channels limiting movement of said cage crosswise of the bed frame in one direction, and releas-ably securing means acting between an upper part o a side gate and a lower part of a cage side wall remote from said stop means and serving to secure said cage with the lower edges of its side walls registered with the upper edges of the side gates.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,112,567 Sekrit Oct. 6, 1914 1,279,395 Melburg Sept. 17, 1918 1,588,200 Morgenthaler Oct, 16, 1928 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 480,231 Germany July 29, 1929 

